Windows Server 2003 upgrade win Ser 2008R2 2003 forced demotion

1. Run Ntdsutil on the primary domain controller :

(If you do not have this command on 2003, you will need to manually install the \support\tools\suptools in the 2003 system disk.) MSI package)

2, Input: Metadata cleanup Clean the objects of unused servers:

All commands are available through the "?" Ask, according to the note prompt action:

3, Input connections Select Connect domain controller target:

4, input connect to domain dcxr.com is to enter the domain name to be connected:

Enter quit exit:

5, enter Select operation target selected domain:

Enter list domains to list all domains:

6. Enter Select domain 0 to select domain controller to be deleted:

7, input list sites list the site in the domain:

8. Enter Select site 0 Select the site where the domain controller you want to delete is located:

9. Enter list servers in site to list the servers that exist in this site:

10. Enter Select server 1 to select the domain controller to remove:

Enter quit exit:

11. Input Remove selected server deletes the server you just selected in database mode, and then click OK to continue:

12, input quit exit:

13, input quit exit:

14. View DNS related area information, ad directory and computer and AD site and service information, etc.:

The finishing steps are as follows:

C:/>ntdsutil

Ntdsutil:metadata cleanup clean up objects for unused servers

Metadata Cleanup:connections Select Connection domain controller target

Server connections:connect to domain dcxr.com Enter the domain name that you want to connect to

Server Connections:quit

Metadata cleanup:select operation target selected domain

Select operation target:list Domains List all domains

Select operation Target:select domain 0 to choose domains to be deleted

Select operation target:list sites lists the site in the domain

Select Operation Target:select Site 0 Choose the site where the domain controller you want to delete is located

Select operation target:list Servers in site lists the servers that exist in this site

Select Operation Target:select Server 1 Choose to remove a domain controller

Select Operation Target:quit

Metadata Cleanup:remove selected server deletes the server you just selected in database mode

Metadata Cleanup:quit

Ntdsutil:quit

This concludes the operation for Server 2003 forced demotion, which allows us to forcibly remove residual information from domain controls that cannot be contacted in order to achieve our degraded requirements.